Idiotism

Physiognomice Pathologica - Krankenphysiognomik
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Author: BAUMGÄRTNER, Karl Heinrich (1798-1886)

A remarkable atlas with portraits of patients suffering from various diseases. Baumgärtner, professor of medicine in Freiburg, taught it was possible to make a correct diagnosis with accompanying medical treatment by studying the patient’s physiognomy, the expression of the face, the colour of the skin, the eyes, the lips, etc.